For many years claims were made by strict, "young-earth" creationists that human
footprints or "giant man tracks" occur alongside fossilized dinosaur tracks in
the limestone beds of the Paluxy River, near Glen Rose Texas.
If true, such a finding would dramatically contradict the conventional
geologic timetable, which holds that humans did not appear on earth
until over 60 million years after the dinosaurs became extinct.
However, the "man track" claims have not stood up to close scientific
scrutiny, and in recent years have been abandoned even by most creationists.

The supposed human tracks have involved a variety of phenomena,
including metatarsal dinosaur tracks, erosional features, and carvings.
The largest number of "man tracks" are forms of elongate, metatarsal
dinosaur tracks, made by bipedal dinosaurs that sometimes impressed
their metatarsi (heels and soles) as they walked. When the digit impressions of
such tracks are subdued by
mud-backflow or secondary infilling, a somewhat human shape often
results. Other alleged "man tracks" including purely erosional
features (often selectively highlighted to encourage human shapes),
indistinct marks of undertain origin, and a smaller number of
doctored and carved tracks (most of the latter occurring on
loose blocks of rock).

A few individuals such as Carl Baugh, Don Patton, and Ian Juby, continue to promote
the Paluxy "man tracks" or alleged human tracks in Mesozoic or Paleozoic
from other localities, but such claims are not considered credible by
either mainstream scientists or major creationist groups. When examined
thoroughly and carefully, the Paluxy tracks not only provide no positive
evidence for young-earth creationism, but are found to be among many other
lines of geologic evidence which indicate that the earth has had a long
and complex history.

This web site provides a collection of articles reviewing the history
of the Paluxy controversy and evidence involved, articles on other alleged
out-of-order fossils and artifacts, and information and links boarder
aspects of trace fossils, paleontology, and the "creation/evolution" issue.
Unless otherwise noted, the articles
and illustrations are by myself (Glen Kuban). The site now includes a
photo gallery
of dinosaur track sites. Among the recent additions is a review of an
alleged stegosaurus carving on a temple in Cambodia,
and an article explaining why trace fossils refute "Flood Geology."
I welcome comments, questions, and corrections from visitors. Feel free to
contact me at gkpaleo at yahoo.com (just replace the "at" with @ and close
the spaces; I'm doing this to reduce spam). Since some visitors have asked about my
background, I have included a brief bio.
Thanks, and enjoy your visit!

Creation/Evolution, Issue 17, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1986 Includes the following articles:
- A Summary of The Taylor Site Evidence, by Glen Kuban
- Tracking Those Incredible Creationists: The Trail Continues, by Ronnie J. Hastings
- Man-A Contemporary of the Dinosaurs? by Alexandr Romashko, translated by Frank Zindler
- Scientific Creationism and Error, by Robert Schadewald

Evidence against a recent Global Flood or "Flood Geology"

Scientific
evidence against "Flood Geology" is extensive and multifacited; however, three especially strong and
readily understood arguments are presented below. (For Biblical arguments that the
Genesis Flood was regional, not global, in addition to more scientific evidence, see
Glenn Morton's website).

Selected origins-related websites by others

(The first several sites below have Christian orientations and generally old-earth viewpoints; the last several are from
largely secular, mainstream scientific sources)

American Scientific Affiliation
Organization of scientists who are also Christians interested in
exploring issues of science and faith. The "Topic Collections" links
on their home page provide a wealth of information on the origins debate.

Glenn Morton's DMD Publishing website
Morton is a Christian petroleum geologist and former strict creationist whose writings contain a wealth of information
on many aspects of the creation/evolution controversy.
especially insightful.

"Morton's Demon"
by Glenn Morton. Glenn relates an affliction he once shared with many young-earth creationists

Neglect of Geologic Data, by the late Dan Wonderly
Wonderly's book presents many lines of robust
evidence demonstrating that the earth has had a long and complex
history. A must-read for anyone with a serious interest in
the Creation-evolution controversy.